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________________________________ From: Jackie King <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 15, 2012 12:00:39 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sharpen Your Pencils Images of the 1940 census will be available free through a variety of sources however without indexes. Three sites are combining resources to provide indexing through a volunteer effort. This was released last December - SALT LAKE CITY—Three leading genealogy organizations, Archives.com, FamilySearch International, and findmypast.com, announced today they are joining forces to launch the 1940 US Census Community Project. The ambitious project aims to engage online volunteers to quickly publish a searchable, high quality name index to the 1940 US Census after it is released in April 2012 by the National Archives and Record Administration of the United States (NARA). Indexing will be done much like the indexing is now being done through FamilySearch for its microfilms. The indexes will also be made available free - but with such a mammoth project, don't expect to find your relatives the first day the census is released. The more volunteers, the quicker a full searchable index will be available. Cheers - Jackie Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
